| ERSILIA PROSPERI FAEDDA

I composed and recorded Pisces Crisis and Scrambled! in Seattle at Studio Litho (Stone Gossard – Pearl Jam). Together with my beloved OU and our queen Amy Denio, we performed in Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and in the fantastic and psychedelic desert of Joshua Tree. It was fun, crazy, and amazing to play with Diana Tejera in New York, Berlin, and Madrid. In London and Zurich, I experienced great joy performing with Meklit Hadero, her wonderful music, and her inspiring musicians from the San Francisco music scene. In Madrid, I founded The HyperIntergalactics project with my intergalactic allies: Maria Prado Vega, Chefa Alonso, Raquel Sanchez, Jorge Frias, Guillermo Gonzales, Michela Becciu, and Alberto Autiero. In 2022, I collaborated with Amy Denio and her label, Spoot Music, on the production of my third album with the OU project, released on June 9, 2024, in the U.S. and Italy. Since 2023, I’ve been based in Madrid, working as a studio trumpeter on REMEDIOS, the new album by the electronic project Le Parody, with whom I’ll be touring in 2024 and 2025 (Granada, Istanbul, Malaga, Barcelona, Madrid). I composed the soundtrack for the documentary Paul A. Mayerling: Un Ritratto by director Antonio Pettinelli (2025). I also composed the stage music for the play La Huesera by the company Teatrino de Trigo, featuring Marilena Muratori and directed by Laura Suarez, which premiered in Madrid in March 2025. So glad!

Trombettista e compositrice, partecipa a innumerevoli dischi live e in studio, a festival nazionali e internazionali e progetti di improvvisazione, alt jazz e songwriting (Meklit Hadero, Amy Denio, Calibro 35, Antonella Ruggiero, Ardecore ft Zu, Mike Cooper, Orchestra Iato, Jessica Lurie, Emily Hay, Luca Venitucci, Alvin Curran, Giancarlo Schiaffini, Chefa Alonso). Forma il gruppo OU, per cui compone Pisces Crisis (2014) e Scrambled! (2015), entrambi vengono registrati a Seattle presso lo Studio Litho (Stone Grossard – Pearl Jam), prodotti da Amy Denio, pubblicati negli USA (Spoot Music, Public Eyesor) e presentati nei palchi e nelle radio (KEXP Radio) della west coast statunitense – Earshot Jazz Festival (Seattle), Joshua Tree Music Festival (LA), San Francisco Botanical Garden, in Europa in formazione con Amy Denio e in Italia in apertura dei Calibro 35. Con Diana Tejera, registra l’album Oops! che viene presentato a New York, Berlino, Madrid, Weimar, Binghamton Seattle. Trombettista ospite nel tour europeo di Meklit Hadero – South Bank Centre (Londra), Norwich and Norfolk Festival, Moods (Zurigo). Con Daniela Diurisi compone per le opere della coreografa e regista sperimentale Maya Deren. Si trasferisce a Madrid dove si unisce alla Orquesta en Transito diretta da Chefa Alonso, fonda la Fanfarria Transfeminista de Madrid, dà vita al progetto performativo Bocas de caracolas con la regista Laura Suárez e Marilena Muratori e compone le musiche per l’opera interdisciplinare dell’ensemble The Hyperintergalactics (Maria Prado Vega, Chefa Alonso, Raquel Sanchez, Michela Becciu, Jorge Frias, Guillermo Gonzales, Alberto Autiero). In Italia esce il suo terzo disco con il progetto OU in collaborazione con Amy Denio e Spoot Music (Seattle), pubblicato il 9 giugno 2024. A Madrid dal 2023 collabora come trombettista in studio all’album REMEDIOS, il nuovo lavoro del progetto elettronico Le Parody, con cui è in tour nel 2024 e il 2025 (Granada, Istanbul, Malaga, Barcellona, Madrid). Compositrice della colonna sonora per il documentario PAUL A MAYERLING, UN RITRATTO del regista Antonio Pettinelli (2025). Compone le musiche di scena per lo spettacolo LA HUESERA della compagnia Teatrino de Trigo, con Marilena Muratori e diretta da Laura Suarez, debuttato a Madrid nel marzo 2025.

As a trumpet player and composer, I have worked on both Italian and international projects. My work spans from improvisation and alt-jazz to songwriting, collaborating with artists such as Meklit Hadero, Amy Denio, Calibro 35, Antonella Ruggiero, Ardecore ft Zu, Mike Cooper, Orchestra Iato, Jessica Lurie, Emily Hay, Luca Venitucci, Alvin Curran, Giancarlo Schiaffini, and Chefa Alonso. I am the founder of the band OU. I composed our albums Pisces Crisis and Scrambled!, which we recorded at Studio Litho in Seattle (Stone Gossard – Pearl Jam) with the brilliant production of Amy Denio. These albums were released in the US by Spoot Music and Public Eyesore. OU’s work has been showcased on stages and radio stations (including KEXP Radio) on the US West Coast during two extensive tours, at the Joshua Tree Music Festival in Los Angeles, the Earshot Jazz Festival in Seattle, and the San Francisco Botanical Garden. In Europe, we performed featuring Amy Denio. Together with Diana Tejera, I co-founded Edmondo. We presented our album Oops! in New York, Berlin, Madrid, and Weimar. I had the opportunity to perform as a guest with Meklit Hadero at the Southbank Centre in London, playing in the horn section alongside Pee Wee Ellis, and later in Zurich as well as at the Norwich and Norfolk Festival. With Daniela Diurisi, I founded the Mirrors project and composed music for works by the experimental choreographer and director Maya Deren. After moving to Madrid, I found a home in Chefa Alonso’s Orquesta en Tránsito. I also founded the social brass band Fanfarria Transfeminista and started the Bocas de Caracolas project with director Laura Suárez and Marilena Muratori. Additionally, I composed the music for contemporary opera with the ensemble The HyperIntergalactics (Maria Prado Vega, Chefa Alonso, Raquel Sanchez, Jorge Frias, Guillermo Gonzales, Michela Becciu, and Alberto Autiero). In Italy, together with Maria Luisa Usai and Alessia Siniscalchi (Kulturscio’K – Paris), we created the performing art work Signore – Mia madre nel ’68 non c’era e se c’era non se ne accorta. In 2021, I participated as a musician in Gianni Amelio’s film Il signore delle formiche. In 2022, I collaborated with Amy Denio and her label Spoot Music on the production of my third album with the OU project, released on June 9, 2024, in the US and Italy. Since 2023, based in Madrid, I have been collaborating as a studio trumpeter on REMEDIOS, the new album by the electronic project Le Parody, with whom I will be touring in 2024 and 2025 (Granada, Istanbul, Malaga, Barcelona, Madrid). I composed the soundtrack for the documentary Paul A. Mayerling: Un Ritratto by director Antonio Pettinelli (2025). I also composed the stage music for the play La Huesera by the company Teatrino de Trigo, featuring Marilena Muratori and directed by Laura Suarez, which premiered in Madrid in March 2025.

Trompetista y compositora en proyectos italianos e internacionales de improvisación, jazz alternativo y song writing (Meklit Hadero, Amy Denio, Calibro 35, Antonella Ruggiero, Ardecore ft Zu, Mike Cooper, Orchestra Iato, Jessica Lurie, Emily Hay, Luca Venitucci, Alvin Curran, Giancarlo Schiaffini, Chefa Alonso). Para OU compuse Pisces Crisis y Scrambled!, los grabamos en el Studio Litho (Stone Grossard – Pearl Jam) en Seattle con la brillante producción de Amy Denio, lanzado en los EE. UU. por Spoot Music y Public Eyesore, los presentamos en escenarios y radios (KEXP Radio) en la costa oeste de los EE. UU. durante dos largas giras, en el ‘Earshot Jazz Festival (Seattle), al Joshua Tree Music Festival (Los Ángeles), al San Francisco Botanical Garden, en Europa feat Amy Denio. Con Diana Tejera me convertí en Edmondo, grabamos ¡Oops! y lo tocamos en Nueva York, Berlín, Madrid y Weimar. Invitada de Meklit Hadero en el SouthBank Centre de Londres en la sección de vientos con Pee Wee Ellis y luego en Zurich y en el Norwich Festival. Con Daniela Diurisi fundé el proyecto Mirrors y compuse la música para algunas obras de la coreógrafa y directora experimental Maya Deren. En Madrid, donde me mudé en el 2018, he participado a los conciertos para el centenario del Palacio de Cibeles. En la capital ibérica encontré un hogar en la Orquesta en Transito dirigida por Chefa Alonso, fundé la Fanfarria Transfeminista, con la directora Laura Suárez y la académica Marilena Muratori empezamos el proyecto performativo Bocas de caracolas y compuse la música para la ópera contemporánea para el ensemble The HyperIntergalactics (Maria Prado Vega, Chefa Alonso, Raquel Sanchez, Jorge Frias, Guillermo Gonzales, Michela Becciu y Alberto Autiero). En Italia y EE. UU. sale mi tercer disco con el proyecto OU, con la editorial estadounidense Spoot Music, publicado el 9 de junio de 2024. Desde 2023 en Madrid, he estado colaborando como trompetista de estudio en el álbum REMEDIOS, el nuevo trabajo del proyecto electrónico Le Parody, con el que estaré de gira en 2024 y 2025 (Granada, Estambul, Málaga, Barcelona, Madrid). He compuesto la banda sonora del documental PAUL A MAYERLING, UN RITRATTO del director Antonio Pettinelli (2025). También he compuesto la música de escena para la obra LA HUESERA de la compañía Teatrino de Trigo, con Marilena Muratori y dirigida por Laura Suarez, que se estrenará en Madrid en marzo de 2025.

FESTIVAL EUROPÉEN DE MUSIQUE EN ALGÉRIE

Algerian National Theatre – Mahieddine Bachtarzi

PAUL À MAYERLING, UN PORTRAIT (2025/Ita)

Directed by Antonio Pettinelli

Music by Ersilia Prosperi

LA HUESERA (2025/Esp)

Directed by Laura Suárez

Music by Ersilia Prosperi

URANIO (2024/USA-ITA)

Music by Ersilia Prosperi

Prosperi’s dreamscapes cover the romantic entanglements of octopi, nests and nations turning from safe havens to violent cages, mourning doves with gigantic human babies, and a funereal brass band mourns NATO’s deadly war games poisoning Sardinia’s land and waters.

Recorded and mixed at Angelo Mai, Kappa Bit Studio, Rome, Italy. Produced by Amy Denio, mastered by Steve Turnidge (Seattle -USA), published by Spoot Music (USA), Folderol Records (Italy). Cover Graphics by Resh Zeni.

STREAM & DOWNLOAD

The Mediterranean genius of chamber jazz anarchists OU (egg in Sardinian language) shines with the fury of fission on their newest release Uranio (Folderol / Spoot Music). Inventive composer and multi-instrumentalist Ersilia Prosperi has created an abundant cornucopia of spirited sounds exploring and celebrating all corners of the world, sung in a variety of romantic languages. Since their inception in Rome Italy in 2013, OU has transformed into a royal cOUrte. Ersilia holds the baton and scepter as the King, Producer Amy Denio is Regina (the queen); bassist and mix engineer Claudio Mosconi is the Prince, drummer Cristiano de Fabritiis is the Illegitimate Prince, Marchese Andrea Pesce plays keys, and vocalist Valeria Sturba plays violin and theremin.

VIDEO

The video is dedicated to the A Foras movement and to all the activists fighting against NATO bases in Sardinia, to the Sardinian people, and to all the peoples fighting to protect the sea and the land from abuses and barbarism. The video was shot in Quirra (Sardinia), the largest NATO base in Europe – Filmed and edited by Luca Gaetano Piras.